Disney Teases Its Adventurous New Lion King and Up Rides

Disney is reimagining the Walt Disney Studios portion of its Disneyland Paris park into Disney Adventure World, and meaning recent new points of interest. Two of them will probably be themed across the 1994 Lion King movie and 2009’s Up, with each getting their first large theme park points of interest to rejoice their respective thirtieth and fifteenth anniversaries in 2024.

On Saturday, Disney revealed development on Lion King’s beforehand introduced (and at present unnamed) trip will start within the fall. Parkgoers will go on a log flume trip that takes them on the caves beneath the 120-foot Pleasure Rock, adopted by a 52-foot-high descent as they expertise the movie’s greatest moments and Simba’s journey from lion cub to the true ruler of the dominion. Idea artwork under reveals audio animatronics of younger Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa, and simply how tall the trip itself is if you enter. Disney is promising this to be one in all Journey World’s greatest attracts, and it’ll have “loads of eating, buying and alternatives to fulfill some favourite characters.”

Additionally coming to Journey World is the family-friendly Up trip that’ll be a part of Journey Manner. The carousel, positioned straight throughout from Raiponce Tangled Spin, options Russell and Doug on the art work (and a ton of balloons up prime) and supplies parkgoers “a fowl’s-eye view of the park’s gorgeous surroundings.” Carousel development is anticipated to begin by the tip of 2025, and each the Lion King and Up rides are anticipated to be completed in time for Disney Journey World’s opening in 2026. You possibly can examine different modifications, together with the “ending touches” on fellow park opener World of Frozen, here.

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